Evolve

The AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX paired with the AMD Radeon 8060S delivers a wide spread of performance in Evolve, ranging from a marginal 28 FPS at 4K Ultra to a fluid 176 FPS at 1080p Low. The benchmark data, measured across three resolutions and four quality presets, shows a system that scales predictably with both resolution and settings. At 4K, the combo averages 41 FPS on High, 52 FPS on Medium, and 67 FPS on Low, with only the Low preset clearing the 60 FPS playability threshold. Dropping to 1440p, the system becomes far more capable: High runs at 72 FPS, Medium at 92 FPS, and Low at 118 FPS, while Ultra slips to 50 FPS. At 1080p, the same hardware is dominant, with 107 FPS in High, 137 FPS in Medium, and 74 FPS in Ultra, with only the Low preset pushing higher to 176 FPS.

Measured FPS Breakdown

Starting at 3840x2160, the data shows a steep performance cliff as settings climb. The Ultra preset averages just 28 FPS, which is below any comfortable playable standard and represents a 32% drop compared to the High preset’s 41 FPS. Medium averages 52 FPS, with a recorded min of 44 and max of 60, indicating that even the lower half of the frame range stays above 40 FPS but cannot sustain 60. Low is the only playable option at this resolution, averaging 67 FPS. The gap from Low to Ultra is 39 FPS, a significant spread that highlights how heavily the Radeon 8060S is taxed by pixel count and shader complexity at 4K. The min/max figures for Medium are the only ones provided for 4K, suggesting that the benchmark captured a range of 16 FPS, which is tight but not entirely smooth.

Moving to 2560x1440, the picture improves substantially. The Ultra preset still struggles, averaging 50 FPS, which is 10 FPS below the 60 FPS target. High settings deliver a comfortable 72 FPS, while Medium reaches 92 FPS with a min of 78 and max of 105. The Low preset is the strongest at this resolution, hitting 118 FPS. The deltas here are telling: High is 44% faster than Ultra, and Medium is 28% faster than High. The gap between Low and Medium is 26 FPS, which suggests that the GPU has ample headroom for high refresh-rate gaming at 1440p. The min/max data for Medium (78-105) shows a 27 FPS spread, which is wider than at 4K, but still within a range that should feel stable in practice.

At 1920x1080, the combo shows its strongest performance. The Ultra preset averages 74 FPS, which is above the 60 FPS threshold, making it the first resolution where all four presets are playable. High jumps to 107 FPS, Medium to 137 FPS, and Low to 176 FPS. The Medium preset’s min/max of 116 to 157 FPS is the tightest relative spread of any configuration, with only a 41 FPS swing despite the high average. The jump from Ultra to High is 33 FPS, and from High to Medium is 30 FPS, indicating that each step down in quality yields roughly a 30 FPS gain. The Low preset is 61% faster than Ultra, a massive margin that underscores how much headroom the Ryzen 9 8945HX can feed to the GPU when the bottleneck is reduced.

CPU and GPU Roles

The benchmark results across resolutions reveal a system that transitions from GPU-bound at 4K to more balanced at 1440p and 1080p. At 3840x2160, the scaling between presets is steep: Low averages 67 FPS, Medium 52 FPS, High 41 FPS, and Ultra 28 FPS. This 39 FPS drop from Low to Ultra indicates that the Radeon 8060S is the limiting factor, as the CPU has to feed fewer frames at higher settings. The Ryzen 9 8945HX, with its 16-core and 32-thread configuration, is not the constraint here; the GPU’s 64 ROPs and 2560 shading units are saturated by the 4K pixel load. The data supports this: at 4K Low, the system only achieves 67 FPS, which is less than half of the 176 FPS at 1080p Low, a 2.63x scaling factor that is typical for GPU-bound workloads.

At 2560x1440, the GPU still dominates, but the margin tightens. The Ultra preset drops to 50 FPS, while High stays at 72 FPS, and Low reaches 118 FPS. The scaling from 4K Low to 1440p Low is 76% (from 67 to 118 FPS), which is less than the 100%+ scaling seen in CPU-bound scenarios. This indicates that the GPU is still the primary limiter, but the CPU’s 5.40 GHz boost clock is starting to matter more as frame rates rise. At 1080p, the GPU has less work, and the CPU’s role becomes more significant. The 176 FPS average at 1080p Low is a strong indicator that the Ryzen 9 8945HX can push high frame rates without stutter, and the Ultra preset at 74 FPS is still 74% of the Low preset’s performance, which is a smaller gap than at 4K.

The settings scaling across resolutions reinforces this. At 1080p, the Ultra-to-Low gap is 102 FPS (from 74 to 176), which is a 2.4x difference. At 1440p, the gap is 68 FPS (from 50 to 118), a 2.4x difference as well. At 4K, the gap is only 39 FPS (from 28 to 67), a 2.4x difference. This consistency suggests that the GPU is the primary driver of performance, as the same relative scaling appears regardless of resolution. The CPU’s 32 threads and 64 MB of L3 cache are sufficient to keep frame pacing consistent, as evidenced by the min/max data at Medium settings across all three resolutions — the 1080p Medium min of 116 FPS is above the 4K Medium max of 60 FPS, which shows the GPU is the bottleneck that prevents the CPU from reaching its full potential.

Similar Performance Alternatives

For the CPU, the nearest rivals show a tightly packed field. The Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX is 0.1% ahead in terms of average benchmark score, which puts the Ryzen 9 8945HX at essentially the same level of CPU-bound performance in Evolve. The AMD EPYC Embedded 8224P and AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9945WX are both 0.4% slower, while the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D is 0.6% faster. These deltas are minuscule, meaning that swapping in any of these CPUs would produce nearly identical frame rates in the game. The Ryzen 9 8945HX sits at the 95th percentile of all CPUs, so it is a top-tier chip for this title, and the data suggests that the GPU is the deciding factor in most scenarios.

On the GPU side, the Radeon 8060S has a wider range of nearest rivals. The AMD Radeon RX 6750 GRE 12 GB is 0.1% faster, which is effectively a tie, so users with that GPU would see the same FPS at the same settings. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 is 0.6% slower, which is surprising given its high-end positioning, but the benchmark data shows it behaves similarly. The AMD Radeon Pro W5700X is 1.7% slower, and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 is 2.8% slower. These deltas mean that the 8060S is not an outlier; it occupies a well-defined performance tier. In practice, for Evolve, any of these GPUs would produce within 3% of the same frame rates, so the 8060S’s 87th percentile ranking is accurate. The GPU’s 14.85 TFLOPS of FP32 compute and 40 RT cores are not heavily utilized in this title, but the raw rasterization power is what matters.

The practical impact is that a system with a Ryzen 9 8945HX and a RX 6750 GRE would output nearly the same FPS as the tested combo, as would a setup with the RTX 5080. The CPU and GPU rankings are both in the upper echelon, but the game’s performance is more sensitive to the GPU choice, given the 4K results. The near-identical CPU scores mean that no CPU upgrade would change the 4K Ultra result of 28 FPS, and the GPU rivals suggest that only a significantly faster GPU would push that preset past 60 FPS.

The Verdict

The data is definitive: this PC can run Evolve, but only at certain resolutions and settings. At 1920x1080, the system clears the 60 FPS threshold on every preset, with the best settings at Ultra averaging 74 FPS. The 60 FPS threshold is met with 22 FPS to spare, and the High preset at 107 FPS leaves even more headroom. At 2560x1440, the verdict is rosier: High, Medium, and Low all average above 60 FPS, but Ultra falls short at 50 FPS. The best playable setting is High, with 72 FPS, which is 16% above the threshold. At 3840x2160, the system is only playable on Low, averaging 67 FPS. The Medium preset averages 52 FPS, and High drops to 41 FPS, both below the threshold.

The verdictByResolution data confirms these findings: 1080p has a playable settings list of High, Low, Medium, and Ultra, with the best being Ultra at 74 FPS. 1440p has High, Low, and Medium as playable, with High at 72 FPS. 4K has only Low as playable, at 67 FPS. For a game released in 2015, this is a strong result. The combo is not capable of extreme 4K Ultra, but it handles 1080p and 1440p with ease. The 28 FPS at 4K Ultra is a clear outlier, and the step down to High at 4K is a 13 FPS improvement, but it is still not enough to reach 60 FPS.

How This Combo Ranks

The AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX + AMD Radeon 8060S combo ranks 2181 out of 3700 tested combos in Evolve. This places it in the 41st percentile of all combinations in the benchmark database, which is below the 87th percentile of the GPU alone and the 95th percentile of the CPU alone. The gap between the combo rank and the component percentiles indicates that the game’s performance is heavily influenced by the GPU, and the CPU’s strength is not fully utilized in this title. A combo that ranks higher would need a stronger GPU, but the data shows that the 8060S is the limiting factor.

The rank is a relative measure, and to put it in context, the combo is better than 59% of all tested systems. For a game with the age of Evolve, this is a solid, but not elite, performance. The CPU’s 95th percentile and the GPU’s 87th percentile do not translate to a top-10% result, which is typical for a game that is more GPU-sensitive. The rank of 2181 out of 3700 is a statistical indicator that the system will deliver playable frame rates at 1080p and 1440p, but not at the highest settings at 4K.

FAQ

Q: Can this PC run Evolve at 4K on High settings?

A: No. The 4K High preset averages 41 FPS, which is 19 FPS below the 60 FPS play threshold.

Q: What is the best settings for 1080p gaming?

A: The Ultra preset is the highest playable setting at 1080p, averaging 74 FPS, which is 14 FPS above the 60 FPS threshold.

Q: How much faster is the 1080p Low preset compared to 4K Low?

A: 1080p Low averages 176 FPS, while 4K Low averages 67 FPS, so the 1080p result is 2.6 times faster.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU the bottleneck for this combo?

A: The GPU is the primary bottleneck, as the scaling between resolutions and settings is consistent and large, with the 4K Ultra being 28 FPS, which is low.

Q: What resolution provides the highest average FPS?

A: 1920x1080 is the highest, with the Low preset averaging 176 FPS.

Q: Can this combo hit 60 FPS at 1440p on Ultra?

A: No, the 1440p Ultra preset averages 50 FPS, which is 10 FPS below the 60 FPS playback threshold.

Best Settings per Resolution

At 3840x2160, the most demanding preset that stays at or above 60 FPS is Low, which averages 67 FPS. The Medium preset drops to 52 FPS, so Low is the only viable setting for 4K. At 2560x1440, the best preset is High, averaging 72 FPS. The Ultra preset is not playable at 50 FPS, so High is the maximum quality setting for 1440p. At 1920x1080, the best preset is Ultra, averaging 74 FPS. This is 14 FPS above the 60 FPS threshold, allowing for maximum visual quality. The data shows that the combo is versatile: it can handle the highest settings at 1080p, high settings at 1440p, and low settings at 4K, with headroom to spare in the first two cases.